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Week of September 10, 2012

Sep 11, 2012

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series silly season has already begun. Last week two of NASCAR’s marquee teams announced new drivers for its 2013 schedule. Joe Gibbs Racing introduced its newest driver, Matt Kenseth, who will pilot the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota. The news comes after Kenseth announced in June that he would not return to Roush Fenway Racing following the 2012 season. Defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will take over the No. 17 left vacant by Kenseth next season. Joey Logano, the current driver of the No. 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing, will join Penske Racing next season to drive the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford. … The IZOD IndyCar Series season wraps up this weekend as points leader Will Power and second-place Ryan Hunter-Reay are locked in a heated championship battle. Power leads Hunter-Reay by just 17 points heading into the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. For Hunter-Reay, who earned an impressive victory during the series’ previous event at Baltimore, is prepared to challenge Power this weekend. “This is all I’ve worked for my entire life,” Hunter-Reay said. “I haven’t been nervous at all or anything. I’ve just been enjoying and driving 110 percent and really getting along with the cars and feel like I’m in rhythm with the car. Hopefully, we’ll have that at Fontana, too.’’ … Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed that it has agreed to a one-year contract extension with Ryan Newman. Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet, is now guaranteed to be with the organization through the end of the 2013 season. … Former Indy car champion Alex Zanardi earned two gold medals and one silver medal during the Paralympic games in London. Zanardi, who lost his legs in a Champ Car crash in 2001, won his three medals in handcycling. “I’m a happy man and I know that happiness does not come from a medal,” Zanardi said. “A medal makes the taste of the steak a little better.”
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series silly season has already begun. Last week two of NASCAR’s marquee teams announced new drivers for its 2013 schedule. Joe Gibbs Racing introduced its newest driver, , who will pilot the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota. The news comes after Kenseth announced in June that he would not return to Roush Fenway Racing following the 2012 season. Defending NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will take over the No. 17 left vacant by Kenseth next season. Joey Logano, the current driver of the No. 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing, will join Penske Racing next season to drive the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford. … The IZOD IndyCar Series season wraps up this weekend as points leader Will Power and second-place Ryan Hunter-Reay are locked in a heated championship battle. Power leads Hunter-Reay by just 17 points heading into the season finale at Auto Club Speedway. For Hunter-Reay, who earned an impressive victory during the series’ previous event at Baltimore, is prepared to challenge Power this weekend. “This is all I’ve worked for my entire life,” Hunter-Reay said. “I haven’t been nervous at all or anything. I’ve just been enjoying and driving 110 percent and really getting along with the cars and feel like I’m in rhythm with the car. Hopefully, we’ll have that at Fontana, too.’’ … Stewart-Haas Racing confirmed that it has agreed to a one-year contract extension with Ryan Newman. Newman, driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet, is now guaranteed to be with the organization through the end of the 2013 season. … Former Indy car champion Alex Zanardi earned two gold medals and one silver medal during the Paralympic games in London. Zanardi, who lost his legs in a Champ Car crash in 2001, won his three medals in handcycling. “I’m a happy man and I know that happiness does not come from a medal,” Zanardi said. “A medal makes the taste of the steak a little better.”